Wolf attacks Forest Service horse

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) – U.S. Forest Service officials say a wolf

attack in northern Wyoming injured one of the agency’s horses,

forcing workers to destroy it.

     The attack occurred Thursday at the Blackrock Ranger Station on

the Buffalo Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

     Acting District Ranger Ray Spencer says a wolf either spooked

the horse and prompted it to run across a cattle guard, or was

actually attacking the horse when the horse ran across it.

     Federal officials decided not to try to destroy the wolf because

the coming elk migration should soon draw wolves to higher

elevations.